"finished in black with cream double pickguards. Gibson Everly Brothers Flattop The Gibson Everly Brothers Flattop is a signature acoustic guitar model produced by the Gibson Guitar Corporation The Everly Brothers recorded many hit songs during the 1950s and the 1960s, such as ""Wake Up Little Susie"", ""Let It Be Me"", ""Cathy's Clown"", ""All I Have to Do is Dream"", and ""Bye Bye Love"". Throughout the 1950s, they used Gibson J-200 guitars, some customized with dual pickguards. In 1962, Gibson collaborated with The Everly Brothers to produce the ""Everly Brothers Flattop"". This flat top guitar featured a thin J-185-style body"
"solo album, which was not a success. The brothers resumed performing in 1971 and issued two RCA Victor Records albums in 1972 and 1973. Lindsey Buckingham joined them in 1972 and toured with them. The Everlys announced their final performance would be on July 14, 1973, at Knott's Berry Farm, in California, but tensions between the two surfaced, and Don told a reporter he was tired of being an Everly Brother. During the show, Phil smashed his guitar and walked off while Don finished the show, ending their collaboration. The two would not rejoin forces musically for more than ten"
"in the United States top 40 in mid-1961. Further instrumental singles credited to Kimberly followed, but none of those charted. Phil formed the Keestone Family Singers, which featured Glen Campbell and Carole King. Their lone single, ""Melodrama,"" failed to chart, and by the end of 1962, Calliope Records had gone out of business. The Everly Brothers' last US top 10 hit was 1962's ""That's Old Fashioned (That's The Way Love Should Be),"" a song recorded but unreleased by The Chordettes and given to the brothers by their old mentor, Archie Bleyer. Succeeding years saw the Everly Brothers sell fewer records"
"the final single ""It's All Over"" appeared, in an arrangement containing harpsichord and vocals. In a break from the usual routine, however, this song would feature Phil singing the principle vocal line and Don singing the harmony line a third lower. The song would later be covered by Cliff Richard. Revisiting their classic style of singing, they recorded the Sonny Curtis-written ""I Used To Love You"". Curtis, former member of The Crickets, had previously written another Everly Brothers hit single, ""Walk Right Back"". For the first 45 release of 1966, they visited the songwriting partnership of Barry Mann and Cynthia"
"they had 30 chart singles, 29 in the Top 40, 13 Top 10, and 4 at No. 1 between 1957 and 1984. They had 12 Top 40 albums between 1960 and 2009. The Everly Brothers were among the first 10 artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. They were introduced by Neil Young, who observed that every musical group he had ever belonged to had tried, and failed, to copy the Everly Brothers' harmonies. On July 5, 1986, the Everlys returned to Shenandoah, Iowa, for a concert, parade, street dedication, class reunion, and other activities."
"vaults, including ""When Will I Be Loved"" (pop No. 8), written and composed by Phil, and ""Like Strangers."" In the UK, they had top 10 hits until 1965, including ""Lucille""/""So Sad"" (1960, No. 4), ""Walk Right Back""/""Ebony Eyes"" (1961, No. 1), ""Temptation"" (1961, No. 1), ""Cryin' in the Rain"" (1962, No. 6) and ""The Price of Love"" (1965, No. 2). They had 18 singles into the UK top 40 with Warner Bros. in the 1960s. By 1962, the Everlys had earned $35 million from record sales. In 1961, the brothers fell out with Wesley Rose during the recording of ""Temptation."""
"the Everly Brothers, written by husband-and-wife songwriting team Felice and Boudleaux Bryant (credited solely to Boudleaux), The Gibb/Principal 1981 duet song was released as a Vinyl 7"" Single 45 RPM / Label: RSO–RS 1065 DJ. The single was a modest pop-chart hit that peaked at number 51 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 on September 12, 1981. The recording was the last single by Gibb, and is the only single recorded by Principal. When asked about the benefits of her entrepreneurial success — her skincare empire, best-selling author, television and film producer — Principal stated to ""The Huffington Post"" in 2012,"
"The Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers were an American country-influenced rock and roll duo, known for steel-string acoustic guitar playing and close harmony singing. Isaac Donald ""Don"" Everly (born February 1, 1937) and Phillip ""Phil"" Everly (January 19, 1939 – January 3, 2014) were inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001. Don was born in Brownie, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, on February 1, 1937, and Phil in Chicago, Illinois, on January 19, 1939. Their parents were Isaac Milford ""Ike"" Everly, Jr. (1908–1975), a guitar player, and Margaret Embry"
"A Date with the Everly Brothers A Date with the Everly Brothers is an album by the rock and roll duo the Everly Brothers, released in 1960. It peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Pop albums charts and reached No. 3 in the UK. The song ""Love Hurts"" appears here for the first time. It would subsequently be covered by numerous other artists. Other than the ""Cathy's Clown""/""Always It's You"" single, all of the tracks on ""A Date with the Everly Brothers"" were recorded in just four sessions during July 1960. Writing for Allmusic, critic Richie Unterberger wrote of"
"and their 1968 album, ""Roots"", was hailed by some critics as ""one of the finest early country-rock albums."" However, by the end of the 1960s, the Everly Brothers had ceased to be hitmakers in either North America or the United Kingdom, and in 1970, following an unsuccessful live album (""The Everly Brothers Show""), their contract with Warner Bros. lapsed after ten years. They were the summer replacement hosts for Johnny Cash's television show in 1970; their variety program, ""Johnny Cash Presents the Everly Brothers"", was on ABC-TV and featured Linda Ronstadt and Stevie Wonder. In 1970, Don released his first"
"The Everly Brothers (album) The Everly Brothers is the 1958 eponymous debut album of close harmony rock and roll duo The Everly Brothers. The album peaked at No. 16 on ""Billboard's"" ""pop albums"" chart and launched three very successful singles. Originally on the Cadence label, (CLP-3003), the album was re-released on LP in 1988 by EMI and on CD in 2000 by Emporio Records. It was re-released again in 2009 on 180-gram vinyl by Doxy music. It is sometimes called ""They're Off and Rolling"" or ""They're Off and Rolling, Says Archie"" which is the introduction on the front of the"
"The Everly Brothers. However, after performing for record producer Henry Bailey in Mobile, Alabama, the duo were offered a record deal. Travis and Bob recorded the track in Gulfport, Mississippi for Sandy Records. In March 1959, Dot Records bought the distribution rights for ""Tell Him No"" from Sandy Records for $12,000. Cameo Records and Liberty Records also competed for the rights of the single. ""Billboard"" predicted Travis and Bob's version of ""Tell Him No"" would become a future hit. In the United States, Travis and Bob's version of ""Tell Him No"" charted at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 while"
"they had hits in the United States and the United Kingdom, the biggest being ""Wake Up Little Susie,"" ""All I Have to Do Is Dream,"" ""Bird Dog,"" and ""Problems."" The Everlys, though they were largely interpretive artists, also succeeded as songwriters, especially with Don's ""(Till) I Kissed You,"" which hit No. 4 on the US pop charts. The brothers toured with Buddy Holly in 1957 and 1958. According to Holly's biographer Philip Norman, they were responsible for persuading Holly and the Crickets to change their outfits from Levi's and T-shirts to the Everlys' Ivy League suits. Don said Holly wrote"
"Ray Charles."" The Everly Brothers (album) The Everly Brothers is the 1958 eponymous debut album of close harmony rock and roll duo The Everly Brothers. The album peaked at No. 16 on ""Billboard's"" ""pop albums"" chart and launched three very successful singles. Originally on the Cadence label, (CLP-3003), the album was re-released on LP in 1988 by EMI and on CD in 2000 by Emporio Records. It was re-released again in 2009 on 180-gram vinyl by Doxy music. It is sometimes called ""They're Off and Rolling"" or ""They're Off and Rolling, Says Archie"" which is the introduction on the front"
"Prine and the Everlys had family connections to Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, and Prine was a frequent performer at the Everly Brothers' Homecoming concerts in Central City, Kentucky, over the years. In 1998, the brothers recorded ""Cold"" for Andrew Lloyd Webber's and Jim Steinman's musical ""Whistle Down the Wind"", and the recording was used in stage versions as source music. This would be the final original recording the Everly Brothers would ever make as a duo. In 1999, Don and Edan Everly performed ""The Everly Brothers for Kentucky Flood Relief."" The brothers joined Simon & Garfunkel in their ""Old Friends"" reunion"
"Everly Brothers' hit ""Walk Right Back"", which reached #4 on the U.S. country singles charts. The second single released, ""You Needed Me"", would ultimately become one of the biggest hits of Murray's career, topping all three Canadian charts; in the U.S. it reached #1 on the U.S. pop singles charts (becoming Murray's sole chart-topper on the Hot 100 charts), as well as #4 on the country singles charts, and #3 on the A/C charts. This track was also included in the UK issue of her next album, ""New Kind of Feeling"". In addition to the two singles, the title track"
"Nightingale"" is the most popular of the duo's songs recorded since 1970 and the final Everly Brothers single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. The Spongetones recorded a version for their 2000 ""Odd Fellows"" album. Apple Jam also recorded three versions for their 2012 ""On the Wings of a Nightingale"" EP. McCartney's own version still existed strictly as a demonstration recording, which he had still not released publicly, as of the middle of December 2016. Nor was he known, by then, to have performed it in concert or recorded any full-fledged studio versions of it. On the Wings of"
"Bye Bye Love (The Everly Brothers song) ""Bye Bye Love"" is a popular song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant and published in 1957. It is best known in a debut recording by the Everly Brothers, issued by Cadence Records as catalog number 1315. The song reached number 2 on the US ""Billboard"" Pop charts and number 1 on the ""Cash Box"" Best Selling Record charts. The Everly Brothers' version also enjoyed major success as a country song, reaching number 1 in the spring of 1957. The Everlys' ""Bye Bye Love"" is ranked 210th on ""Rolling Stone"" magazine's list of"
"Wham!'s ""Last Christmas"" (No. 2, 1984). Examples of songs not explicitly tied to Christmas have included children's songs such as ""Mr Blobby"" (No. 1, 1993) and the theme from ""Bob the Builder"" (No. 1, 2000), novelty songs such as Benny Hill's ""Ernie"" (No. 1, 1971) and South Park's ""Chocolate Salty Balls"" (No. 2, 1998), ""He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"" from an ensemble of Liverpudlian celebrities in commemoration of the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster (No. 1, 2012), and several examples of standard pop fare that would likely be just as popular outside the holiday season. ""Bohemian Rhapsody"" is the only recording"
"their final original album ""To Be With You"", became the group's last Top 40 single on the Hot 100. ""Sing"" reached No. 7 on the Adult Contemporary Chart in 1977. The group went their separate ways later that year and would have only one more single, 1991's ""With Ev'ry Yellow Ribbon (That's Why We Tie 'Em)"". On ""The Carol Burnett Show"" in 1975, Harvey Korman, Carol Burnett, and Vicki Lawrence did a spoof of Tony Orlando and Dawn, as Tony Tallahassi and Dusk, singing ""Wrap Your Jammies Round the Old White Pine"". At the end of the number, they were"
"the album ""Although the material is not on the killer level of 'It's Everly Time', there are some very fine songs on their second Warner LP."" The album was included in Robert Dimery's ""1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die"". A Date with the Everly Brothers A Date with the Everly Brothers is an album by the rock and roll duo the Everly Brothers, released in 1960. It peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Pop albums charts and reached No. 3 in the UK. The song ""Love Hurts"" appears here for the first time. It would subsequently be"
"in 1989. Ronald re-formed the group two years later in 1991 with Ernie and Marvin; five years later in 1996, Marvin Isley left the group due to complications of diabetes. The remaining duo of Ronald and Ernie accomplished mainstream success with the albums ""Mission to Please"" (1996) ""Eternal"" (2001) and ""Body Kiss"" (2003), with ""Eternal"" spawning the top twenty hit, ""Contagious"". , the Isley Brothers continue to perform under the lineup of Ronald and Ernie. The Isley Brothers have had four Top 10 singles on the United States ""Billboard"" chart. Sixteen of their albums charted in the Top 40. Thirteen"
"spending five weeks at number one on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart and one week on the R&B chart. It spent seven weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart in May and June 1960. It was the Everly Brothers' biggest-selling single and their third and final U.S. number 1 hit. ""Billboard"" ranked it as the number 3 song of the year for 1960. In 2004, the song was ranked 149th on ""Rolling Stone"" magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In November 2018, a judge ruled that Don was the sole writer of ""Cathy's"
"""Let 'Em In"" by Paul McCartney and Wings namechecks ""Phil and Don"" Everly. Jeff Lynne recorded a version of ""So Sad"" for his 2012 album release ""Long Wave"". The Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers were an American country-influenced rock and roll duo, known for steel-string acoustic guitar playing and close harmony singing. Isaac Donald ""Don"" Everly (born February 1, 1937) and Phillip ""Phil"" Everly (January 19, 1939 – January 3, 2014) were inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001. Don was born in Brownie, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky,"
"British Invasion in 1964, their appeal was still strong in Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. The Everlys remained successful in the UK and Canada for most of the 1960s, reaching the top 40 in the United Kingdom through 1968 and the top 10 in Canada as late as 1967. The 1966 album ""Two Yanks in England"" was recorded in England with The Hollies, who also wrote and composed many of the album's songs. The Everlys' final US top 40 hit, ""Bowling Green,"" was released in 1967. By the end of the 1960s, the brothers had returned to country rock,"
"Bowling Green (song) ""Bowling Green"" is a 1967 single by The Everly Brothers. The song peaked at #40 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 on July 8, 1967; it reached #1 on the Canadian charts. It would be the last time The Everly Brothers would crack the Hot 100, until 1984. The song is about Bowling Green, Kentucky, a city approximately from the Everly Brothers' hometown of Brownie, now part of Central City, Kentucky. The song was written by Terry Slater and Jacqueline Ertel; Slater was their bass player. The song has also been recorded by Glen Campbell, the Gosdin Brothers,"
"recording deal if they signed to Acuff-Rose as songwriters. They signed in late 1956, and in 1957 Rose introduced them to Archie Bleyer, who was looking for artists for his Cadence Records. The Everlys signed and made a recording in February 1957. ""Bye Bye Love"" had been rejected by 30 other acts. Their record reached No. 2 on the pop charts, behind Elvis Presley's ""(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear,"" and No. 1 on the country and No. 5 on the R&B charts. The song, by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, became the Everly Brothers's first million-seller. Working with the Bryants,"
"the music video for R. Kelly's hit ""Down Low (Nobody Has to Know)"", which included the Isley Brothers as featured artists. The success of the song and its video helped the brothers' 1996 album ""Mission to Please"" reach platinum status. That same year, Marvin Isley's career ended after a bout with diabetes forced him to have both of his legs amputated. Ron and Ernie have carried on as a duo from then on. In 2001, the duo released their best-selling album in years with the ""Eternal"" album, which sold over two million copies and featured the top 20 hit single"
"Paul Simon, who worked with the pair on ""Graceland,"" said on the day after Phil's death, ""Phil and Don were the most beautiful sounding duo I ever heard. Both voices pristine and soulful. The Everlys were there at the crossroads of country and R&B. They witnessed and were part of the birth of rock and roll."" The Everly Brothers had 35 Billboard Top 100 singles, 26 in the top 40. They hold the record for the most Top 100 singles by any duo and trail Hall & Oates for the most Top 40 singles by a duo. In the UK,"
"elaborate production in the '60s, that's not at all true on this LP, which is one of their very best. Not a stiff among the 12 tracks..."" It's Everly Time It's Everly Time is an album by the rock and roll duo The Everly Brothers, released in 1960. It peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Pop albums chart. ""It's Everly Time"" was their first album on Warner Bros. after leaving the independent label Cadence. Though Warner Brothers was based in Los Angeles, they continued to record in Nashville with top session players, laying down all the dozen tracks over"
"the. After a few years, Gene met with aspiring crooner, Debbe Neville, (or Nevills as some sources say). In an Everly Brothers style of harmonizing, they launched a career at Acuff-Rose music, singing romantic country style pop melodies. They were signed to a recording contract with the subsidiary of Hickory Records (Sue Thompson, Don Gibson, The Newbeats etc.), TRX, where they recorded their two biggest hits, ""Go With Me"" and ""Playboy"". The latter had an eventual combined sales figure of one million discs being awarded a gold record in June 1968. That same year Gene married Debbe and together had"
"in the United States. Their enlistments in the United States Marine Corps Reserve in October 1961 took them out of the spotlight. One of their few performances during their Marine service was on ""The Ed Sullivan Show"", on February 18, 1962, when they performed ""Jezebel"" and ""Crying in the Rain"" while outfitted in their Marine Corps uniforms. Following their discharges from active duty, the Everlys resumed their career, but with little success in the United States. Of their 27 singles on Warner Bros. from 1963 through 1970, only three made the Hot 100, and none peaked higher than No. 31."
"Album sales were also down. The Everlys' first two albums for Warners (in 1960 and 1961) peaked at No. 9 US, but after that, of a dozen more LPs for Warner Bros., only one made the top 200: 1965's ""Beat & Soul,"" which peaked at No. 141. The brothers' dispute with Acuff-Rose lasted until 1964, when they resumed writing and composing as well as working with the Bryant spouses. By then, however, both of the Everlys were addicted to amphetamines. Don's condition was worse: he was taking Ritalin, which led to deeper trouble. Don's addiction lasted three years, until he"